That prompted me to look up when's the last time the Cup was contested between two cities as close together as these two and although the answer was a little disappointing 10 Nik points to whoever can tell me the closest two cities playing for the Cup can be in the modern NHL.

Chicago vs Detroit is the closest possibility with the current alignment. Pittsburgh vs Detroit woudl be the closest in recent history.

And Busta gets the 10 Nik points. They're redeemable for at least one 1000 word response to a post of your choosing.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals gets a "start time" of 8:00pm. The puck drops at 8:25pm. Do other sports have this same issue? Especially for big games?

Yeah, it's a little different because it starts on the West Coast but even the Cleveland games of the NBA finals are at 9 pm.

My bad, that's not what I was asking about. I don't actually have a problem with the "late" (for us) starts. I actually quite like 8pm starts. It's the advertised vs. actual start times of games that I have an issue with. You generally know exactly when the Super Bowl coin toss is going to happen. For NHL games there's like a 20-minute window when a puck drop can realistically happen based on the advertised start time.

Bettman was adamant today that the review process was going exactly as everyone intended it to and that there aren't any issues. He also probably muttered something about fans not caring about cap sites after the media left.